Synopsis
Has America entered an Orwellian world of doublespeak where outright lies can pass for truth? The country's leading intellectuals discuss and examine the mix of businesses, politics and ideology that is the mainstream media.
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Cast
- Charles LewisHimself, Founder of the Center for Public Integrity
- Robert McChesneyHimself, Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Mark Crispin MillerHimself, Professor at New York University
- Vincent BugliosiHimself
- Dennis KucinichHimself, Congressman for Ohio
- Mark LloydHimself, Visiting Professor at Massachussets Institute of Technology
- Michael MooreHimself
- John NicholsHimself
- Greg PalastHimself
- Tim RobbinsHimself
Recommendations
- 100
Christian Science Monitor
Ingenious, eye-opening documentary. - 80
Variety
A marvel of passionate succinctness. - 63
New York Post
A cheaply made, occasionally repetitive, but passionately argued documentary. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Packed with more information than can possibly be digested in a single viewing, the film will be a bracing eye-opener to anyone who hasn't considered the full implications of recent Congressional debates advocating further media deregulation. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Enlightening, at times disturbing, and always provocative, but Pappas manages to end with a glimmer of hope. - 50
New York Daily News
Tops Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11" in anger and frustration. - 50
L.A. Weekly
Even though he refuses to excise about 15 to 20 minutes of unnecessary material, Pappas is nonetheless a steady editor who, less intrepid than dogged, pieces together a sustainably intriguing, suitably distressing exposé. - 30
Village Voice
In its attempt to diagnose a problem, it ends up serving more as a symptom of the left's current, and sadly warranted, anxieties.
